Chris Lael Larson

Artist Statement

From the series Product Flows, I focus on the tension between the pleasure of purchasing goods and the guilt of engaging in the glut of consumer marketing and waste while working as a graphic designer who feeds into the system.

In the series, I alter and paint the packaging of goods that I have consumed - rebranding them - and then integrate them into acrylic compositions that reference marketing process artifacts. I photograph these still life compositions creating a colorful cacophony that is equal parts inviting and overwhelming.

Chris Lael Larson | Portland, Oregon

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